The New Hampshire Union Leader's endorsement of Chris Christie for president has drawn fire from an unexpected quarter: another newspaper.

A few days after the influential New England broadsheet threw its support behind Christie, Tom Moran, the editorial page editor and columnist for the New Jersey Star Ledger, which has been critical of the New Jersey governor, wrote a piece criticizing the Union Leader's endorsement.

"The paper knows almost nothing about his record as governor," Moran writes, noting of the Union Leader, "the paper has been paying close attention to Christie's speeches in New Hampshire, and his visit to the editorial board. And that's a dangerous game when it comes to a slick character like our governor."

There was no mention of the closure of the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey, Moran complains, nor pension reform or the New Jersey governor's record on job creation in his state. Moran called Grant Bosse, his counterpart at the paper, to ask him about what the paper left out. Each time, Moran quotes Bosse brushing off questions about Christie's home-state record, such as his record of creating jobs.

"Politicians don't create jobs, so we didn't want to give that any credibility," Bosse explains.

"This editorial confirms my worse fears about this presidential race," Moran writes. "It's all about performance, not substance. What else could explain the fact that nearly two-thirds of Republican voters say their first choice is Donald Trump, Ben Carson, or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz?"

Moran concludes that Christie is spending more time focusing on his presidential race than on taking care of New Jersey: "And the frightening fact is that in American politics today, that's a sensible choice."